Brussels, 11 September 2007 – Today Friends of the Earth Europe called for the EU to scrap its target for using plant-based agrofuels for transport, after a leaked paper revealed the OECD’s [1] grave concerns about their social and environmental effects. Adrian Bebb, Agrofuels Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Hurtling headfirst …
Exxon exposed for twisting facts
Brussels, September 26th – Friends of the Earth Europe today released The Exxon Files – an animation spoof exposing how oil giant ExxonMobil is working to prevent action on climate change. The cartoon’s website, www.exxon-files.eu, asks people to add their support to a formal complaint about the company’s misleading advertising. The animation, a satirical version …
Trade and transparency campaigners slam secret cocktail deals
Brussels, 23 May 2006 – Trade and transparency activists today offered protest cocktails to EU trade officials as they arrived for an exclusive closed-doors meeting with the European Services Forum Photo free of use, credit Lode Saidane – click on the photos to get high resolution ones Brussels, 23 May 2006 – Trade and transparency …
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Plugged in at last: Europe pledges to stop wasting energy
Brussels, Belgium – WWF, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe hailed the energy efficiency target proposed by the European Commission today to reduce Europe’s total primary energy consumption by at least 20 percent by 2020. The environmental NGOs warned, however, that the Energy Efficiency Action Plan falls short of proposing legislation that would put …
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EU approves genetically modified foods despite serious concerns
Brussels, 18 April 2006 – New documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the European Commission has been approving genetically modified (GM) foods and crops despite having serious doubts over their health and environmental impacts. Both Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace have today called for a suspension in the use and sale …
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Shell told to stop “greenwashing”
Brussels/Netherlands, July 5th – The Dutch Advertising Authority has instructed oil giant Shell to stop misleading the public, after Friends of the Earth Netherlands filed a complaint against a “greenwash” advertisement that claimed that Shell uses their waste carbon dioxide to grow flowers.[1] The advertisement, published in a number of newspapers and magazines in April …
